Thread: Main Divide crossing

Originally Posted by Husky1600#2

Up the Poulter through all the country the South Island Rifle Walkers hunt, over the tops in to the Taramakau and townsend Hut, down in to the Taramakau and pick a leading ridge up onto the Mt Dixon area, then down the Trent to Waikiti Downs. Lots of good stag and chamois country, no glaciers or ice. And the Mt Dixon ridgeline between the Taramakau and the Trent is the old high country route that the big stags use to travel and then further down in to the Rakaia.

Or up the Wilbeforce, in to Griffiths Steam, pick a saddle, Griffiths, Clarkes, or Hokitika and over in to the Mungo. Then either head south to Frews and in to the Hokitika, or north and over in to the Kokatahi and out.

Or up the Mathias, to Frews Saddle or kea Pass and in to the Hokitika.

@Husky1600#2 your 1st suggestion of dropping into the Waikite via the upper Poulter sounds extremely dangerous for a solo walk about.Extreme care required as that route puts you perriously close to the Cooperites mob @ Gloriavale.Avoid at all costs as they may want to save your soul.Stick to the monkey scrub of the Frews Saddle as a safer bet